Storia moderna

The War in the Crimea

General Sir Edward Hamley · 1896 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1896. Cloth. An illustrated study of the war in Crimea, with details of battle. Seventh edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A study of the war in Crimea, from the events leading up to conflict, through the B...

Disraeli in Love; Disraeli Rising

Maurice Edelman · 1972 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Collins, 1972-1975 . First edition. Cloth. Two fine copies of Maurice Edelman's novels based on the life of Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Signed by the author In the first two novels in this trilogy, Maurice Edelman reimagines the life of Benjamin Di...

The Investiture of Hrh Prince Charles As the 21st Prince of Wales 1st July 1969

1969 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Not stated, Not stated, 1969 . Paperback. A very scarce commemorative album for the investiture of Prince Charles with colour photographs. The Investiture of HRH Prince Charles as the 21st Prince of Wales 1st July 1969.In the original paper wraps with mylar wraps in a spiral b...

The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon

Horace Twiss · 1844 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Murray, 1844 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Volume I, and the second edition of Volumes II and III of this illustrated biography of Lord Chancellor Eldon. The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon complete in three volumes by Horace Twiss....

Life Amongst the Sandbags

Hugo Morgan · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1916 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of this work recording personal experiences of the trenches during the First World War. First edition of Life Amongst the Sandbags by Hugo Morgan in the original publis...

The History of British Journalism from the Foundation of the Newspaper Press in England to the Repeal of the Stamp Act in 1855, with Sketches of Press Celebrities

Alexander Andrews · 1859 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Richard Bentley, 1859. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce book on the history of journalism in Britain. First edition. Two volumes. Scarce work. A history of journalism in Britain from the foundation of the newspaper press, with commentary on: the t...

Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty: The First World War Through the Eyes of the Heraldic China Manufacturers

Robert Southall · 1982 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Hordean, Milestone Publications, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charmingly illustrated educational work on the Heraldic China Manufacturers during WWI. First edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams, many of which are in colour. With...

De Officiis Magnae Ecclesiae Et Aulae Constantinopolitanae

Georgius Codinus; George Kodinos; George Codinus · 1648 · Rooke Books

£2,975.00 (€3,566.01 | $3,930.39 | ¥627,633)

Paris, Typographia Regia, 1648. Leather. A very scarce Latin work on the religion of Constantinople, with the armorial binding of King Louis XIV. In the armorial binding of Louis XIV, with his coat of arms in gilt to the front and rear board.Louis XIV was the King of France fr...

Les Francais a Obock

Denis De Rivoyre · 1887 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paros, A. Picard et Kaan, 1887. Cloth. Denis de Rivoyre provides a contemporary discussion of the French colonisation of Obock in the horn of West Africa. Published in French. Now part of the republic of Djibouti, Obock was the first area in the region to be colonised by Franc...

Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV

Sir John Froissart; Thomas Johnes [trans.] · 1844 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, William Smith, 1844. Cloth. An illustrated copy of Froissart's extensive history of Europe in the 14th century in two volumes. Two volumes. Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout. With illustrated title page to volume one, lacking frontispiece. A collec...

The Cotton Fields and Cotton Factories

Henry Brown · 1840 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Darton and Clark, 1840. Cloth. A very scarce work for the Child's Library by Henry Brown. Scarce work. Adapted for youth. Illustrated with lithograph frontispiece. A familiar view of the rose and progress of that wonderful branch of trade, the cotton manufacture. ...

The Capercaillie in Scotland

J. A. Harvie-Brown · 1879 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1879 . First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the very scarce first edition of J. A. Harvie-Brown's illustrated study of the capercaillie, a large woodland grouse. The scarce first edition of this work from Scottish ornithologist and naturalist Jo...

Petites Histoires Pour Les Enfants

M. A. Blanchard · 1860 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Fonteney Et Peltier, 1860 . Hardback. A lovely early edition of this collection of short histories for children with colour plates. Early edition of Petites Histoires Pour Les Enfants by M. A. Blanchard in the original publisher's paper covered boards. A scarce edi...

Cromwelliana: A Chronological Detail of Events in Which Oliver Cromwell Was Engaged; from the Year 1642 to His Death 1658; with a Continuation of Other Transactions. To the Restoration.

James Caufield · 1810 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Westminster, Machell Stace, 1810. First edition. Leather. An interesting look at the life of Oliver Cromwell from the year 1642 to his death in 1658. The first edition. In a half calf binding on marbled boards. Boards are detached. With five plates, one of which is folding. Co...

The Dress of the First Regiment of Life Guards in Three Centuries

U. H. R. Broughton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Halton & Truscott, 1925 . First edition. Leather. An excellent copy of U.H.R. Broughton's illustrated Limited Edition study of the uniform of the Life Guards. A limited edition work, number thirty-two of three hundred numbered copies of this work by Urban Huttlest...

Les Hussards; Les Vieux Regiments 1692-1792

Capitaine H. Choppin · 1899 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Paris, Berger-Levrault, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Captain Choppin's study of the Hussars in the eighteenth century, illustrated with twelve chromolithographic plates. In the original French.The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of ...

Memoires Historiques, Litteraires, Politiques, Anexdotiques Et Critiques de Bachaumont

Louis Petit de Bachaumont; J. T. M. E [Jean-Toussaint Merle] · 1809 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Leopold Collin, 1809 . Leather. The second edition of this lovely collection of memoires of Louis Petit de Bachaumont. Second edition of Memoires Historiques, Litteraires, Politiques, Anexdotiques et Critiques De Bachaumont in quarter calf bindings and marbled boards. T...

Taunton&Apos;S Water Transport

L .E. J. Brooke · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Taunton, L. E. J. Brooke, c1960. Paperback. A very scarce work on Taunton's water transport. A very scarce volume exploring the history of Taunton's Water Transport by Somerset journalist L. E. J. Brooke. With editorial corrections in red pen. Undated, In the origina...

The Pyramids of Egypt

I. E. S. Edwards · 1986 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Middlesex, New York, Victoria, Ontario, Auckland, Viking, 1986 . Cloth. A very smart review copy of the new edition of this Ancient Egyptian history with colour plates. New edition of The Pyramids of Egypt by I. E. S. Edwards in the original publisher's cloth binding and ...

The British Compendium or Rudiments of Honour

Francis Nichols · 1738 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, A. Bettesworth; C. Hitch; H. Lintot, 1738. Leather. The two part first volume of the eighth edition of the Nichols's 'British Compendium', an illustrated genealogical guide. The scarce two part first volume of the eighth edition of Francis Nichols's...